1969 London gas attacks

The 1969 London gas attacks occurred when a series of gas canisters exploded across the city of London, releasing toxic spores into the air. The attacks were carried out by the Soviet KGB intelligence agency, which hid the bombs in large Russian nesting dolls.

The Soviet ambassador was in on the plot, inviting several MPs, captains of industry, and other VIPs to a party commemorating the opening of a Russian modern art exhibit in the city. The party was held in the courtyard of the Soviet embassy, and, as the guests congregated around a large Russian nesting doll, the doll exploded and released spores into the air. The Metropolitan Police Service reported that the attacks had simply killed people with toxic spores, although some witnesses reported that the toxins were, in fact, mutagents which could turn victims into monstrous, violent reptilians. In a classified operation, MI6's Majestic wing eliminated the infected people at the embassy and in Hyde Park, where several other bombs went off. Some people recovered from their transformations, with some unverified reports claiming that an alien used anal probes to remove the toxins from their bodies. The attacks occurred shortly after Agent Ivan Oranchov's death in the Tube tunnels across the street from Hyde Park; Oranchov and a few other KGB agents were found to have been infected with the same mutagens after being killed. The attacks, unlike the preceding 1969 San Francisco nuclear bomb plot, had limited success, although the KGB's plan to fire the spores across the city failed.